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TEHRAN, Mar 12 - The former president of Spain's Catalonia region who fled the country after leading an attempt to secede in 2017 says he will return if he is elected to the European Parliament in May.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Spanish authorities consider Carles Puigdemont a fugitive, but he told Catalan radio Rac1 in an interview Tuesday that being a European lawmaker would entitle him to immunity from prosecution in the bloc.
Spanish officials made no immediate comment.
The 56-year-old politician fled to Brussels after the failed secession effort, which has landed other Catalan officials in court.
He has successfully fought his extradition to Spain from both Germany and Belgium.
JxCat — or Together for Catalonia, which includes the conservative separatist PDeCat party — says Puigdemont will be its main candidate in the May 26 ballot.
Source: AP
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